Personally, my family has roots in German, English, Irish and Sweedish ancestry, but I find that I identify most with my German roots. I think it has to do with spending so much time with my great grandma who was full-blood German when I was a kid.
2006-10-14 18:22:58 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Seriously...I am all American! This means that the European part of my family have been in this part of the world for nearly 400 years. I am about 1/2 French, 1/4 American Indian, 1/8 Scots, and the last 1/8 is various other European countries.
It pleases me to "be" French. (I am more than a bit...mischievous.) On Tartan Day, Reformation Day, and St. Patrick's Day I proudly wear my clan's tartan.
This said, I was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, when asked about my "ethnicity" by a stranger, I usually claim Northern Californian. Certainly formed more of my world view than my bloodline. ; )
2006-10-14 18:32:22 · answer #1 · answered by tantiemeg 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an American mutt, who's family on mom's side is mainly Scottish, but damn if we can trace it back any further than 3 generations (small closeminded farming community) My dad was half german and have "claimed" english, although the stories say the family was scottish but lost everything when supporting the wrong Mary in the Scottish English wars.
I personally can not claim anything outside of the American 80's ethnic groups since my family is one big inbred mutt, straight tree syndrome, so punk it is!
Does Misfits Fiend count as an ethnic group?
2006-10-15 01:27:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The truth is about a thousand ears ago everyone in europe moved west. The whole thing started in china one tribe kicked another tribes butt that tribe moved west and kicked that other tribe west and so on and so on.
Your not German your Polish all the Germans are in England
and THE whole human race comes from Africa so we are all african.
Sorry to snap your leaderhosen.
Your Grandma was probably nice.
2006-10-15 01:51:45 · answer #3 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Greek mostly and I identify with that part of my ancestry most. Second would be Native American (Cherokee). I have no idea how much NA blood I have... it's in both my g-ma and g-pa's ancestry. I also have Scotch and English in my heritage and who knows what else.
2006-10-15 01:45:59 · answer #4 · answered by Snark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm German. Husband is Irish. Neither of us have much ethnicity. Just average SouthWestern Pennsylvanian. Go Steelers!
2006-10-15 01:26:02 · answer #5 · answered by Yinzer from Sixburgh 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ditto; I have Irish, Scottish, German, Dutch, Mexican, and Italian roots but I mostly identify with my German roots because my last name is German.
I also closely identify with my Mexican heritage because I'm 25% Mexican.
Welcome to the mutt club of Yahoo answers.
2006-10-15 01:24:47 · answer #6 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I never really cared until I was like 40,then I checked it out.Counting each parent as having two sides#1Yorkshire ,England to Plymouth,Mass.#2 No. Ireland to New York.
#3 Cambourne,England to Calif. #4Bavaria to Pennslyvania.
I guess it would be English.Although I'm totally a man of the American West.
2006-10-15 01:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by AngelsFan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mainly Swedish and Welsh. With a wee bit of Irish and Algonquin Indian.
I definately can identify with the little bit of Irish because of my red hair.
2006-10-15 01:25:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm full Chinese but then you have the question of national identity. I grew up in a neighborhood full of Irish Catholics and went to Eastern Orthodox school.... kinda confusing.
2006-10-15 02:21:50 · answer #9 · answered by AutumnIris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have Chinese, French and African ancestry. However, I was born in Peru and lived there most of my life, so I identify myself mostly as a Latin American.
2006-10-15 01:31:07 · answer #10 · answered by Sergio__ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋